Estate Planning
Wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, structured to protect your family and preserve your legacy without the paperwork overwhelm. Get a clear plan, not just documents.
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Your Business.Your Family.Your Legacy.Protected.
You have worked hard for what you own. We help you legally protect your family, your business, and your legacy. Unlike many law firms, we offer transparent, flat fees and direct access to your attorney.
What We Do
What Brings Most Clients Here
Three areas where having the right legal strategy changes everything.
Business Law
Counsel to help you navigate through LLC formation, contracts, compliance, succession plans, and acquisitions. Build it right from day one.
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Real Estate Law
Property transactions, leases, and financing arrangements. Counsel for Ohio property owners and investors from the purchase agreement to the closing table.
Explore Real Estate LawWhy Costaras Law
A Different Kind of Law Firm.
Most firms hand you documents and send you on your way. The goal here is different. Practical strategy, clear communication, and AI-augmented efficiency, with a real attorney guiding every step.
- Proactive, Not ReactiveMost attorneys show up when things go wrong. The goal here is to make sure they never do, with planning that anticipates problems before they cost you.
- Flat-Fee, No SurprisesNo billable hour guessing games. Transparent, flat-fee pricing and direct access to your attorney from start to finish.
- Business-Minded CounselLegal advice that speaks your language, focused on outcomes, leverage, and decisions that move your business and family forward.
- Family-CenteredEvery plan is built around your family's unique needs, not a one-size-fits-all template. We protect what you're building for the next generation.
- Attorney-ReviewedAI-enhanced efficiency with every document personally reviewed and approved by your attorney.
- Unlimited RevisionsWe refine until it's perfect. Every legal service comes with our 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Satisfaction
100% Guaranteed
Nicholas Costaras, Esq.
Founder · Trusted Advisor
Meet Your Attorney
Serving Clients Who Take Their Future Seriously.
Nicholas Costaras, Esq. founded Costaras Law with one purpose: to give business owners and families across Ohio access to strategic legal counsel, not just paperwork.
He's an approachable, experienced attorney who cuts through legal complexity and offers clear guidance. Whether structuring a business, protecting an estate, or reviewing a contract before signing, the focus is always on what matters most: getting it done right for the client.
Fourth-generation entrepreneur
15 years in practice
Investor and philanthropist
Family legacy service
Clients don't come here to get buried in documents. They come here to get things done, correctly, completely, and with confidence.
Nicholas Costaras, Esq.Founder, Costaras Law
See How We Work
What Working With Costaras Law Looks Like
A quick overview of our approach to protecting your business, family, and legacy.
Introduction
Tell us about your legal situation. We map the gaps and tell you whether you even need us.
Strategy
Scope, deliverables, and price, written and locked. No surprise invoices. No hourly clock running.
Protection
We draft, file, and implement. You walk away with a structure that holds, and a permanent relationship for the next time.
Where We Serve
Serving families and owners in all of Ohio.
Headquartered in Independence, Ohio, in Greater Cleveland. We serve all three major Ohio metros: Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, plus underserved markets like Canton, Toledo, and Youngstown. Licensed to practice in all 88 Ohio counties.
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Cincinnati
- Independence
- Akron
- Canton
- Toledo
- Youngstown
- Parma
- Lakewood
- Westlake
- Strongsville
- Mentor
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Frequently Asked
Answers before you call.
The questions Ohio owners and families commonly ask us, answered in plain English. If you don’t find your answer here, schedule a free intro call with us.
You get 15 minutes with an expert who listens to your whole picture: your business, your family, your property. You leave knowing where you stand, what your options are, and what the next step is. If you decide to go further, you get a flat-fee quote in writing. No hourly clock, no charge for the call, no obligation.
You get the price before the work, in writing. The fee covers the whole scope we agree on: drafting, revisions, review meetings, signing, and notarization. No hourly billing, and no clock running when you call with a question. If the scope changes, we quote that separately and you approve it before anything moves.
Most firms treat your **will**, your **company**, and your **property** as three unrelated files. Legacy law treats them as one. What you own, who runs it after you, and how it passes to the next generation are really the same question, so we plan them together. That is how a business keeps operating, how rental property stays in the family, and how your wishes actually hold up.
People who own something worth protecting: **business owners** and entrepreneurs, **real-estate investors** and landlords, and **families** with property, savings, or a company to pass down. If your personal finances and your business are tangled together, which is true of nearly every owner we work with, that is exactly the situation we are built for.
We are a **boutique firm**, so you deal with the person actually doing the work instead of a queue. And we are **AI-enhanced**: modern tooling carries the heavy lifting on research and drafting, with attorney review on every output. You get the responsiveness of a small firm, the output of a much larger one, and a flat fee either way.